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Old 20th October 2012, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by the blob View Post
Well, if you read Hammer's analysis of the 1.77:1 version using different framing for different shots instead of a constant matte throughout, wouldn't you have thought they'd do the same with the 1.66:1 version if they approved of that method?

Their argument is that the technology to reframe like that wasn't available in 1957 so it would have had to use a constant matte throughout the whole film, so it's entirely logical to assume a 1.77:1 version from them would be cropped even tighter.
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